Robin Your enthusiasm for sharing your knowledge and your attention to detail are truly inspiring, and your desire to achieve the best quality work never wavers. In our industry, there is often a reluctance to share important information, or simply no time to share as jobs need to be completed quickly. Your culture of aiming for perfection, combined with your cheerful attitude and enthusiasm, is exactly what the construction industry in the UK and Ireland needs. I hope your channel continues to grow, helping the next generation of carpenters, and inspiring those like myself who have been in the industry for 20 years. Thank you for all that you do.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Hi Declan, thank you for your message mate, it makes it all worth while when another member of our industry like you gives me a boost through a comment like yours, it is difficult trying to capture footage and also get the work done but do want to share my knowledge to as many people as I can especially the next generation of trades people!! Have a good weekend Declan

@LeeRobertsMe

Ай бұрын

Well your certainly doing that Robin, thank you for what you do and who you are, I have learnt from and adopted many of the things you have to taught us into my daily work life as an "all rounder", so thank you again and keep going, your completing your new goles in life 💪👊

Theses types of videos are Robin at his best and could watch all day long, everything is at slow pace, calm and brilliantly explained.👏🏻 just a treat to watch…….oh and love the stunning oak tree over the garage

The only problem with Robin doing these videos on roofing carpentry, he make it look too easy . Remember people he has been doing this for years and is a master carpenter, but even so watching this l believe taking it easy on maybe a shed to start I could do it. A good teacher is essential in any task and oh my god he is.

Best explanation I’ve seen of fitting the hip thanks

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Robin, the all-weather craftsman.

A truly comprehensive demonstration, Robin. I haven't seen a framing square quite like what you have, but can see the advantage in having one. Nicely done.

Here's me checking my old B&Q rafters/framing Square and realising how much info is crowded on it and it becomes incomprehensible to me. Then you have your Rafters/framing Square, showing all the necessary information you need, in a clear and comprehensive way. Nice one.😊

A perfect fit. The Wood Wizard strikes again. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so freely Robin.

Excellent video, typical British weather in the end but powered on through

It is admirable how you share your knowledge Robin, I learnt Cut & Pitch from a book along with pythagorum and then bought a ready reckoner. After watching your video a while ago I pitched a double hip using the direct measure method, Soooo much easier. No convoluted equations and brain strain anymore 👌👍💪🙏

Class as always.

Thanks Robin explained well.

The measure of a true craftsman, making a difficult job look so easy, thanks for the video and many more of them please.

Thanks again Robin another brilliant roofing video

Robin... you certainly have skills to pay the bills!!!!! A1!! Great demo thank you!

Brilliant and educational. Keep em coming robin

Brilliant vid! Love it.

Beautiful job... Thanks for sharing this with us...

hi robin you simplify your roofing joints ......im not a carpenter but your teachings i am slowly grasping your way of doing it ...thank you and well done to you ...as for your own home project my i commend you on a perfect job well done you are a true master of your craft

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Thank you Stevie!!!

Lovely job Robin. If anyone finds it a bit tricky cutting that hip edge cut with cupped timber, it can help to nail a temporary guide to the hip, using a piece of tile batten or a small offcut to run the base of the saw against. You must remember to allow for the distance from the face of the blade to the edge of the saw base. It will add a minute to the operation but will ensure an accurate cut. 👍🏼

Pure genius RC 👏

It’s all been said - stunning as usual. What an artist

Lovely work Robin, and lovely explanation of marking out.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Amazing again rob! I think I’m gonna mess around this weekend with some recycled timber and have a go at a mock up ! ❤❤

Robin Clevett roofing masterclass.

Easy like without having watched… Robin giving rafter master class always worth it. Thanks for sharing your great work

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Interesting how to, keep up the good work 👍

You southerners and your aerated concrete blocks! Epic as ever Rob!

Beautiful to watch! Those roofing squares look very useful Thank you for producing such interesting videos Robin

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Love it!

Brilliant video Robin very interesting and well explained

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

This couldn’t be any further from my last effort on a roof😂 Making it look so easy, great work 👍🏻

Great explanation

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Incredible quality as always regards Howard from Cyprus 🎉

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Beautiful job Robin! The way you did those measurements and cuts was masterful.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Love it, imagine being able to work with Robin!

Great teacher

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Nice, I learned a lot there.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

The roofing goat if robin dont no it its not worth knowing keep up the good work

you had me with you right until the first measurement of 3457mm then sadly my old brain gave out. 😂 i take my hat off to you Robin, bloody amazing

Excellent video thank you.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Robin,another concise tutorial on roofing,given in a way only an old school teacher knows and of course this is the best way to learn 👍👍

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@SteveStevieboy

Ай бұрын

@@ukconstruction you’re very welcome 👍

Super job..

@ukconstruction

22 күн бұрын

Thank you kindly

Beautiful job.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Love this channel.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@dougieranger

Ай бұрын

@@ukconstruction It’s brilliant Robin. 👏🏼

Looks like your getting the hang of this joinery lark mate, 😂 quality work.

Watching you (as an electrician) makes me want to build a roof

@hiyes5221

Ай бұрын

Same

@ricos1497

Ай бұрын

Reading this comment makes me want to wire a house.

Same in engineering Robin.... measure twice, cut once ! PS....you need to ask Mrs C to sew up the right leg of your jeans.... you're showing far too much leg for decency 😂

Legend

a proper job, by a proper tradesman

Nice

Great video explained clearly appreciate you sharing your wisdom also where can I get one of your squares??

nice one. you two should work together more often.

As per usual, profesional video with a great explanation. Could you please leave a link for that Roofing Square Robin?

On an imperial framing square, you should have the body of the square set at 17 inches for a hip rafter, instead of 12 inches for a common rafter.

@BerkeleyTowers

27 күн бұрын

don't use traitor units over here.

👍

hi robin when setting out using your method if the building is out of square or not symmetrical in width one end to the other do you just offer the template piece up to the ridge & either add on or cut off to fit in or do you use another way cheers bri

Lovely job 👌 when is the square going to be released for sale hopefully soon, need it for my collection of framing squares 😂

Awsome

Hi,great video! Could you please tell me, where, I can find that framing square, which you used in this video? Thanks!

i use a cordless drill to take out rounded off screws, as long as there is enough sticking out to clamp in the chuck.

What a hand you are

Hi mate been a long time since we did that together 36 years were has time gone lol

Crown down on roofs ! Slates and tiles dont sit right on cambers, in the old days they would set the perlins an inch or so down and pull down the rafters to make them concave,it was called springing the roof even the perlins were set crown Down! I have an old carpentry book somewhere that backs this up!

@Wgnwtb

Ай бұрын

What’s the name of this book please

@chill_5076

Ай бұрын

Never heard of anyone doing a rafter camber down! I’m 52 now and been a site chippy since day I left school. Please share name of the book🤔

@thomaswhitty9452

Ай бұрын

Never heard of crown down on anything! I have seen old buildings that look how you’re describing but I believe that is due to small timbers and being re roofed with a heavier covering!

@Goodwithwood69

Ай бұрын

When i find it i will post it, as for heavier coverings it would have to be a serious weight to change the camber dont you think? And timber gets harder over time not softer, and if you look at old slate roofs, the tiles are always super tight and on new roofs you always see gaps(front to back) im a second generation joiner with twenty years in the game, robin is the best British carpenter on KZread by far, but not everything he says is perfect, and alot of good knowledge has been lost in this due to shit apprentice schemes, also if you look at Japanese roofs they are all concave , not just to look pretty, because the tiles sit tight! There are also a few structual reasons also but its hard to explain with out drawing it out , sorry about the if it seems like a rant but im passionate about my trade!

@Goodwithwood69

Ай бұрын

I can’t find the really old book I saw it in, but I have found Small reference to this in W E Grey, The carpenters metric roofing ready reckoner, page 49

Awesome Robin. It comes so easily to you. Very expert and clever work. Clever Clevett. Btw over time your prentation style is going from strength to strength. Top notch channel. Thank you 👍

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Where do you get your framing square clamp? I want one!

Is your square and clamping device available to purchase? Would love to have a decent engraved inlay roofing square!!!

@Robinclevett I'm long sighted but struggling to wear glasses any suggestions

Hey, Robin. Any updates on the roofing square.

Hi Robin, great series, really enjoying it and very insightful.. I might have missed it if you have explained it already but how do you work out the ridge length when building a hipped roof… i.e how do you know where the ridge board stops and the crown should start? Thanks, Sam.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Check my video before this where I talk about the position and making of the plates for a hipped roof, from this you can work out the ridge length along the wall plates

@samgreig6947

Ай бұрын

@@ukconstruction cheers Robin, I’ll rewatch it, thought I must have missed something!

@pauldavies7251

Ай бұрын

​@@samgreig6947measure length of building & take away the width plus thickness of rafter gives you ridge length , as long as it's a 45° hip

Great explaining Robin! The hip and valley mark on the rafter square only work on equal pitches, right?

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Yes, but I will do a video about how to simply work out the angle for a unequal hipped roof in the coming months

@donderjager4770

Ай бұрын

@@ukconstruction I would be very interested in that video, in the area in the Netherlands i work in its common that the pitches are different

Do you have a video showing how you put the ridge plate in?

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Watch the one before this one

Hi when is the square for sale mate ,great video thanks

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Not sure yet

Easier way of marking the length of hip is once youve marked the thickness of the hip at the apex where it touches the common/crown rafters, ill plumb a line down on one of the marks and measure down your height above plate. This gives you the direct measurement then you can measure along the top of the hip and then just mark the plumb cut and measure HAP. Simples!

Hi Robin, where can I get your roofing square from please?

That is how I measure, cut and fix a hip rafter in the SUN, CLOUD AND IN THE RAIN!

Hey Robin, is there any way possible to purchase a carpenter square like the one you use in this video Thank you, Ron Reno from Burlington, Vermont USA.

If there was a circular saw olympics, Robin would have more gold medals than Michael Phelps

What about dragon tie across the corner?

What nail pouch you using in this vid

@aaronkerwin3703

26 күн бұрын

diamond back

What's the app called

Дякую, за цікаве та інформативне відео. У відео ви використовуєте навушники з мікрофоном, можете вказати інформацію по цих навушниках?

The thing I struggle with is the 45° cut at the top end. The plan view makes complete sense but how does that equate to 45° cuts. Why does the angle not change?

Chipie-established on rough riders of the world, QUALITE&DROLERIE

Only improvement would be a dragon tie 👍

what about dropping the hip rafter birdsmouth?

Never seen a building square like that, good peice of kit,but remember most people would not have a clue what you are talking about, you have to treat them like 14 year old children. I just use tan 35 deg. x half span gives the rise etc

Please do a bastard hip next!

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

will do

@CrazyRabb1t

Ай бұрын

@@ukconstruction thank you - will be interesting to see your method.

Nurse, my head hurts!!!

Doesn't Ed work with Robin anymore?

The old saying of ‘I don’t get paid enough to work in the rain’ doesn’t apply to the big fella who’s on a thousand quid a day 🤣

Hips even better than Demi Rose's.

all weather carpentry

Impressive fit, but you are a professional, however for low experience people such as myself I think it needs more explanation. I sort of follow it but not easy. Good work nevertheless.

@alexmorgan3435

Ай бұрын

Watch it again.

Where’s ed these days?

Exactly how I do it Robin, direct measurements. I might in a pinch double check the calculator says a very similar thing if it’s an expensive bit of wood. After being a qualified carpenter and joiner( 15 yrs), I got ‘pulled’ on a skills assessment test in Oz, for direct measurement of jacks! 🤷 he tried to show me something, but I just know what works for me.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Check my next video of setting out and fixing jacks!!! I do both direct and calculation for the jacks depends on the size of the roof!!!

@Dazza19746

Ай бұрын

@@ukconstruction yeah I was the ‘diminishing’ thing he was chasing with me, but that was 23 yrs ago! 😂 haven’t needed it yet 🤷

The way he measured that is wrong, he should do it mathematically or cut a piece with a birds mouth,and then measure from the top of the HAP the plumb cut.

@ukconstruction

Ай бұрын

Did you watch all the video???

@BerkeleyTowers

27 күн бұрын

looking forward to your video.... will we be waiting for very long?